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Flevopark, entrance on the Valentijnkade
Remains of the Jewish cemetery can be seen in the Flevopark.
- 21 May1877
- 31 May 1877
In May 1877, Vincent walked from his home in eastern Amsterdam to Zeeburg, an area further east. He visited the Jewish cemetery on the Zeeburgerdijk and wrote to Theo:
“It’s very simple, full of old tombstones standing upright with Hebrew inscriptions and elderberries here and there, and covered with long, dark grass.” Read the complete letter
Vincent evidently enjoyed the atmosphere of the cemetery, as he visited it again a week later.
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Bart Wallet (m.m.v. Liesbeth van Huit-Schimmel en Paul van Trigt)
Zeeburg. Geschiedenis van een joodse begraafplaats, 1714-2014Hilversum, 2014Reindert Groot, Teio Meedendorp
Vincent van Gogh over Amsterdam, een stadswandeling rond 1880Bussum, 2003- Lekker wandelen in Amsterdam, Van Kattenburg tot Begijnhof, Met Vincent van Gogh door AmsterdamVVV Amsterdam
Reindert Groot, Sjoerd de Vries
Vincent van Gogh in AmsterdamAmsterdam, 1990
